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Washington News —_— U.S.SHAKE-UPHIT |Secking Death in Tidal Basin, - RE]) RIDER REPEAL Woman Yields to Persuasion BY FORMER HEAD OF CIVIL SERVICE Deming, 8 Years President of Commission, Fights Its Abolition. SINGLE ADMINISTRATOR CONSIDERED INADEQUATE Wisdom Seen in Keeping 3 Mem- bers to Give Opinions on Many Problems Arising. Expressing the view that “the Civil Service Commission should be left alone,” William C. Deming, for nearly eight years its president, today took {ssue with the plan for reorganizing the agency urged on Congress by President Roosevelt. Deming, a Republican, who pub- lishes the Wyoming Tribune-Leader in Cheyenne, said in a statement here | that he was not voicing his opinion simply for the sake of disagreeing, but because he felt constrained to question the wisdom of supplanting the three- member, bi-partisan board with a single administrator. Nor did he favor setting up the| projected seven-member non-paid board to act as “watch. dog” on eivil | service administration. He expmnedi he is not sure what the President “conceives as the duty” of such an organization nor how the members “could be expected to cover the neces- sary ground and take the necessary time without compensation.” Knows Value of Advice. *1 served nearly eight years as presi- dent of the Civil Service Commission and I know the value of having ths edvice and aid of two associates, even if one does not always agree Wwitn them,” Deming said. “The Civil Service Commission. as I recall, was the first independent agency not subordinate to a cabinet | chief, except possibly the Smithsonian Institution. The law has justified it- self in every way. The commissioners are responsible directly to the President, because they act as his agents in securing proper personnel for the Federal Government. As a rule, there has been at least one commissioner who has come up through the ranks, and learned the wchmque] from actual experience. This is & valuable arrangement, although I would doubt the wisdom of having =1l | three commissioners service men or women, so called. “The Civil Service Commission is not only an administrative body, but its duties are more or less judicial. | | “Ill and Nothing to Live For,” Plea of Miss Zoe Arnold. A 37-year-old woman, ill and with “nothing to live for,” stood in the Tidal Basin for more than a half hour yesterday afternoon, discussing her troubles with a passerby who, finding her in water up to her neck, finally persuaded her to “give life an- other try.” Zoe Emily Arnold, who said illness forced her to resign her Governmeat job a few days ago, left her pocket- book and umbrella on the shore about 5 o'clock and, still wearing her heavy overcoat, stepped into the water, ac- cording to police. She was discovered a moment later by Arthur King, 24, of 1475 Columbia road, a former newspaper route agent employe, who, several minutes earlier, had seen her walking along the edge of the basin. King asked the woman what she was doing, he said, and she replied that she was “all alone in the world,” and had “nothing to live for.” “She kept telling me about how she was forced to quit her job because of iliness,” King said. “I tried to tell her that a job wasn't the only thing in life, and repeatedly asked her to | come out of the water. “But she refused, and told me to go away. Once she asked me to take the | $5 in her purse and leave her alone.” | King continued talking with her, | and said she started talking about re- ligion—"what it meant to her.” After arguing with the woman for half an hour, King finally persuaded her to “give life another try,” he said. She had been standing several feet from the bank. Then she walked over toward the edge, and King helped her out of the water. DLEG. M. WORKERS MAY MARCH HERE 2,500 Baltlmore Employes of Auto Firms Plan Dem- onstration. Approximately 2,500 General Motors employes ih Baltimore, who face en- forced idleness because of the strike in the Detroit area, plan & march on the Capital next week to urge Federal intervention on the Maryland con- gressional delegation and the Labor | Department. The Baltimore Sun stated the action | was voted last night at a mass demons stration of Chevrolet and Fisher Body plant employes who expressed de- termination “to work without unioa Sit in Judgment Daily. “There is scarcely a day they are| not sitting in judgment upon some! 50000 other General Motors workers | difficult proposal or question growmg out of an examination, an appmnt-} ment or interpretation of the rulea,I based upon the civil service act. Many of the references and briefs pre- | pared by members of the commission | upon close questions would do justice for tomorrow, but was delayed to '“!‘ to the ablest attorney. “Some of the situations presented are so difficult, or so near the linc that it requires the very best judgment of a commission of three to determine them. Only one who has served upon that board can appreciate the wide variation of problems that arise and the amount of detail work disposed of each day. “If the President’s plan ‘of one ad- ministrator is adopted, it nould‘be necessary to have cne or more assist- ants, who could act for him in his ab- sence or illness. No one individual can | ‘be on duty all the time. “Under such circumstances the as- sistants most likely would be subordi- | nates in the service of the commission | ftself, and thus occasionally might be‘ called upon to judge or decide a case | for or against an associate in the commission itself. “This is true, because there are questions of promotion, demotion, change of work and various other angles in an organization of several | hundred people. Personnel Efficient. “Purthermore, the personnel of the Civil Service Commission is not only unusually high and efficient, but is subject to about the same impulses as members of any other organization. There are distinct lines of thought, policy and personal ambition among subordinates. “I found it wise, in any given ‘tase or question, to consult both those who were for and against any particular viewpoint. Out of a multitude of counsel there usually comes wisdom, just as the opinions of three, or two out of three of the commission are usually safer than the opinion of one ‘when arrived at without discussion. “Frankly, I believe the morale of the Civil Service Commission would suffer and the standing of the merit system would be lowered by the pro- posal of the President. I know that one of the chief amusements in Wash- ington is to reorganize something, but in my judgment the Civil Service Com- mission should be left aione. “In other words, a non-partisan or bi-partisan board of three members, as provided in the Pendleton act more than 50 years ago, has vindicated it- self, Tests Far Advanced. “The Civil Service Commission and its work have not stood still. The {ests of today are as far in advance of the examinations of the ‘80s’ and ‘90s’ as the streamline train is an advance over the early wood-burning steam engine and equipment. “If the Civil Service Commission does not live up to its proper standards and ideals, it is because Presidents have not been careful in the selection of the commissioners. There is noth- ing the matter with the law and noth- ing the matter with the well-trained body of men and women who head the various divisions and sections, or in the employes generally, who, figura- tively speaking, are hewers of wood and drawers of water. “The quantity and quality of work done by the staff from day to day was always a marvel and matter of amaze- ment to me. ' “The Civil Service Commission is one official organization, so far as membership is concerned, deserving “of confidence and also freedom from '\eonmlonnx puttering and uue&"‘ ‘sphere balloon flight was to record | | down. domination.” They.pledged themselves further, the Sun account said, to urge to join with them. The Baltimore Fisher Body division is reported due to shut down today | | and Chevrolet tomorrow because of shortage of parts. The demonstration had been planned | | ample time for arrangements, it was explained. PLANE COMPLETING ’ STRATOSPHERE DATA Balloon Flight Revelations Being| Supplemented by Bolling Field Findings. To complete the cosmic ray record | compiled during the 1935 flight of the | Army Air Corps-National Geographic Society stratosphere balloon, Capt. H. K. Baisley, photographic officer at Bolling Field, now 1s completing a series of flights for intermediate ob- servations between the ground and 24,000 feet. Capt. Baisley is working with sci- entists of the Bureau of Standards and with Dr. W. F. G. Swann of the | Bartol Research Foundation at| Swarthmore College, Pensylvania. One of the purposes of the strato- | ‘measurements of cosmic ray intensities and influences at all altitudes from | the ground to the highest possible | altitude, which was 72,395 feet. A good record was obtained from 16,000 feet to the maximum, but, because of the speed of the descent, no suitable record was obtained from 16,000 feet | Bolling Field's photographic air- | plane, a Fairchild C-8, is being used to carry the necessary equipment for Capt. Baisley's tests. He has com- pleted three of four flights. The first was a two-hour observation flight at 10,000 feet, the second one hour at 15,000 feet and the third a one-hour flight at 20,000 feet. The fourth flight calls for 45 minutes at 24,000 feet. A detailed account of these observa- tions is to be published by Dr. Swann in the National Geographic Magazine, it was announced. STOP HUMAN “EROSION,” COTTON GROWERS TOLD Director of Texas Agricultural Ex- tension Service Asks Conserva- tive Program. NEW ORLEANS, January 20 (#).— H. H. Williamson, director of the ‘Texas agricultural extension service, told American Cotton Co-operative Association directors yesterday a con- servative program aimed to check human “erosion” in Southern States was imperative. “We are living in an age in which conservation is being stressed,” Wil- liamson sald. “If soil erosion were the only problem it would not be serious, but in addition we are suffer- ing from economic erosion and that coupled with soil erosion is accelerat- ing human erosion. It is imperative that we strengthen, enlarge and specialize our agricultural income to check soil erosion, economic erosion and above all human erosion.” Controlled cotton production as practiced under the outlawed A. A. A. was advocated by another Texas dele- gate to the convention, Richard Wischkaemper, dincwr of the Texas Cotton ' Association, he Fp WASHINGTON, ARTHUR KIN King said he took her in a cab to his home, where his mother pro- vided dry clothes. Later the woman was taken to Gallinger Hospital, where she was being held today for mental observation. King said he had gone downtown to visit an employment office, and had | decided to take a walk. He strolled past the Washington Monument and | was on his way toward Fourteenth | street when he saw the woman. “I didn't think anything about it at the time, but when I got about three blocks away, something told me to walk back there,” King said. “I'm glad I did now.” Miss Arnold said she lived at 4607 Eighth street. It could not be learned in what Gavernment department she| had been employed. She is listed in| the city directory as a typist. 2000 MIDSHIPMEN GET WET GREETING Without Raincoats, They Quit Train in Midst of Downpour. Spurning raincoats—at the sugges- Uncle Sam’s future naval officers ar- the West Pointers as the best march- ing unit in the parade. Four special trains unloaded the midshipmen at the Eckington freight yards as the rain seemed to increase in intensity. Assembling on Eckington place be- side the yard the young men from An- napolis, wearing long dark overcoats, with white canvas belts strapped out- side to support bayonets, and carrying | rifles, proceeded to Union Station | Plaza, where they were to start in the parade. Unlike their cousins from the Mili- tary Academy, the Midshipmen were not given special funds to spend dur- 1ng their stay in the Capital. They get a regular monthly allowance, of course, and if planning a “spending spree” had to figure on that ahead of time. After the break-up of the parade the Midshipmen were to march back to the yard and “fall out.” Those desiring to return to the acad- ' emy immediately were to be taken back on one train, while the others who wish to take advantage of “lib- erty” until 11 p.m. will return later. ‘The Annapolis delegation was not at full strength, according to Comdr. W. 8. DuLany, executive officer, who ex- | | plained that some 300, down with the flu, were left in the sickbay. DRIVERS’ LICENSE FIGHT INTENSIFIED Motor Clubs Act as Spearhead in! Move to Strengthen Laws. Motor clubs in virtualiy every State |are acting as the spearhead in the fight for licensing of drivers and strict enforcement of existing motor laws, Thomas P. Henry of Detroit, presi- | dent of the American Automobile As- | sociation, said in a statement issued | | today. His statement was based on a sur- | vey of the outlook for motor legisla- tion in Congress and before the vari- ous State Legislatures. Legislation is now pending in Con- gress to confine to State borders some 8,000,000 veicles in 21 States not re- quiring operators of motor vehicles to show ability to drive. A bill to make Jhis effective has been intro- duced by Senator Truman of Mis- souri. It would deny the right to move in interstate commerce to opera- tors of motor vehicles in States with- out such legislation requiring strict examination of applicants and those States which have adequate license laws but issue permits for longer than three-year periods. “If enacted,” Henry said, “the Fed- eral legislation would not only affect motorists in States not requiring a driver’s license or States that are with- out the examination feature, but would also make it necessary for Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska, North Carolina and_ Virginia to amend their license laws with regard to the life of per- mits. “Twenty-qne States, with 8,000,000 registered motor vehicles and 10,000~ 000 operators, are now without license laws or examination features in ac- cord with the requirements of the Tru- map bill.” PARACHUTE LAW ASKED Caraway Urges Planes Be Required to Equip Each Passenger. Senator Caraway of Arkansas pro- posed yesterday that commercial air- lines be required to provide a para- chute for each passenger. Representative Powers of New Jersey has introduced a similar measure in the House. The proposed legislation would re- quire installation and maintenance of a parachute for each passenger in lqy aircraft carrying passen for hire. | House calendar by virtue of a surprise tion of the commandant—2,000 of | rived shortly before noon to vie with ! ening Sfap WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, MAY GO T0 HOUSE FORVOTE MONDAY Surprise Move by Committee May Permit Early Action. MRS. NORTON UNDECIDED ON REPORTING BILL Kennedy’s Maneuver Precludes Further Public Hearings on Local Measure. House action on the bill of Repre- sentative Kennedy, Democrat, of Maryland, providing for outright re- peal of the so-called “red rider” to the 1936 District appropriation act, probably will be sought Monday by Chairman Norton of the District Com- mittee. The bill is scheduled to head the list of District legislation on the move initiated by the author him- self—a move that the District Com- mittee unanimously approved yester- day at its first meeting of the cur- rent session of Congress. Under House rules next Monday is | to be “District day"—a day set aside | for consideration of District legisla- | tion. There are no District bills on ! the calendar yet, but Mrs. Norton | has the authority of her committee to report the Kennedy bill favorably | before that time. Mrs. Norton has not definitely | made up her mind to seek action Monday. Kennedy, however, believes the time would be propitious to have the House pass on his measure, and will urge her to call it up without further delay. Kennedy Paves Way. Kennedy paved the way to have his bill reported to the House by maneuvering through a motion at the committee meeting giving Chairman Norton authority automatically to re- port all District bills that remained on the House calendar at the last session of Congress and have been reintroduced at the current session. The bill to repeal the “red rider” was the only one of six bills on the calendar at the close of the last ses- sion which has been reintroduced at | the current session. Kennedy's move will preclude fur- | ther public hearings on the bill. In fact, he pointed out when he intro- duced the measure on the first day of the current session of Congress, further hearings would not be neces- | sary, since “both sides of the story” were told at the last session of Con- gress. Sission Original Sponsor. Former Representative Sisson, Democrat, of New York, sponsored | the “red rider” repealer at the last | session of Congress. Kennedy then | was_chairman of the Subcommittee | on Education of the District Commit- tee, which conducted public hearings ommended its favorable report to the House. Since Sisson was not returned to ‘Congrm. Kennedy voluntarily rein- troduced the measure under his own name when the Seventy-fifth Con- gress convened. SEEKS HOLIDAY PAY .| Mrs. Norton Offers Resolution to Insure Per Diem Groups Full Compensation. A joint resolution designed to in- sure all per diem workers of the Wash- ington Navy Yard and the District shutting down of Government ma- chinery for President Roosevelt's in- augural ceremonies was introduced late yesterday by Chairman Norton of the House District Committee. Mrs. Norton explained that the pur- pose of the resolution is to give per diem workers the same holiday with pay as those on the annual rolls. Similar legislation was enacted for | inauguration day in 1929. GLAZIER POSTS BOND ON PRETENSE CHARGE | H. E. Sengstack Accused of Col- lecting Funds for Widows of Policemen and Firemen. Accused of collecting funds without authorization for widows of policemen and firemen killed in line of duty, Harry E. Sengstack, 31, a glazier, was released on $200 bond today pending arraignment in Police Court tomor- row on a charge of false pretenses. Sengstack, who lives in the 800 block of Marietta place, was arrested last Saturday, but was not charged until yesterday after & police investi- gation. He was taken into custody after he allegedly made a telephone call at the home of a prospective donor and later appeared to collect $5. Seventh precinct police said John 8. Killeen, 1333 Wisconsin avenue, and P. C. Bowman, 3107 Nichols avenue southeast, were complainants. | on the measure and subsequently rec- | FOR DAY WORKERS' government full pay today due to the | |QUINN OFFERS BILL WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1937. FHP Society and General P”Buc HEARlNGS Cadets Stick to Coaches flN EIS[}Al_ R[PURI Devote Morning Figuring Out How to Spend $2 Allowance. ASSURED BY PLANS Two District Subcommittees of House to Begin Im- mediate Study. {PARLEY WITIfi)—ONOVAN ON D. C. TAXES SLATED Revenues and Law Changes Un- der 3-Point Formula to Be Ex- ' plored by Special Groups. BY JAMES E. CHINN. Two special subcommittees of the House District Committee made prep- arations today to undertake an imme- diate study of the Jacobs fiscal rela- tions report and its potential effect on the taxpayers of Washington. Authorized by the full committee to analyze thoroughly the report's rec- ommendations for scrapping existing principles of fiscal relationship be- tween the Federal and District gov- ernments and the substitution of a three-point formula, the special sub- committees plan to go into action to- | morrow. One of the subcommittees will study proposals in the Jacobs report for new | tax legislation to offset part of .the | $10,000,000 deficit the District will face | in the coming fiscal year if the pro- | | posed three-point formula is approved | | by Congress. The other will handle | the 19 statutory changes recommended in the report to make the Jacobs plan completely effective. * Early Public Hearings Likely. Representative Kennedy, Democrat, of Maryland, who heads the subcom- mittee in charge of the tax legislation, said he would confer with Chairman Norton of the District Committee be- fore working out a program of pro- ! cedure. He indicated, however, that public hearings on the proposed tax bills probably would start next week. Kennedy also plans to confer with | Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, District audi- tor and budget officer, before starting | public hearings. He believes Maj. Don- ovan’s knowledge of the serious finan- cial condition confronting the District | will be invaluable to him in mapping | out a program of procedure for the | forthcoming hearings. Nichols disclosed he planned to | make a serious study of the Jacobs report before arranging public hear- | ings. Like Kennedy, he hopes to | start public hearings early next week on the features of the report assigned | to his subcommittee. Each subcommittee is composed of five members—three Democrats and two Republicans. Kennedy's Tax Subcommittee is | composed of Schulte of Indi: Sacks | ! of Pennsylvania, Democrats, and Dirk- sen of Illinois and Short of Missouri, Republicans. The personnel of the | subcommittee headed by Nichols in- cludes Randolph of West Virginia and McGeehee of Mississippi, Democrats, and Brewster of Maine and Cole of | New York, Republicans. To Map Course. Both Kennedy and Nichols indi- cated there would be preliminary | meetings of their respective subcom- mittees at which definite m-ogmms' for the studies would be completed. Witnesses to be summoned to the | hearings also will be determined. It is a foregone conclusion that J. L. Jacobs, Chicago efficiency en- gineer and tax expert, who directed | the special fiscal relations study, will be the first witness before both sub- committees. Jacobs has assured Mrs. Norton he would co-operate. The Advisory Committe which | | worked with Jacobs in the fiscal re- lations investigation also is expected to be called before both committees. George McAneny, president of the Title Guaranty Trust Co. of New York City was chairman of the Advisory Committee. The other members were Clarence A. Dykstra, city manager of Cincinnati, and John Martin, chair- man of the Kentucky State Tax Com- mission. The subcommittees also intend to hear the testimony of a number of civic and business leaders who are vitally interested in solution of the fiscal relations problem. Mrs. Norton has urged each subcommittee to give the disfranchised residents of the District ample opportunity to express their views. —— TO REGULATE BARBERS Regulation of barbers and barber schools in the District is proposed in a bill introduced late yesterday by Representative Quinn, Democrat, of Pennsylvania, a member of the House District Committee. Quinn sponsored & similar measure in the last Congress. The bill would create a board of barber examiners, which would con- duct examinations for applicants for licenses to engage in the barber trade. It also sets up a schedule of fees for licenses, which would have to be re- newed annually. The examining board would be composed of three qualified barbers, two journeymen barbers and one mas- ter barber, who would be appointed by the District Commissioners. Clerk, 45 Years With 45 years of continuous service at the Capitol to his credit, Kennedy P. Rea, clerk to the Senate Appro- priations Committee, is witnessing his twelfth inaugural ceremony today. Arriving here from Holton, Ind., in | January, 1892, he had been messen- ger to the House Appropriations Com= mittee for about a year when Grover Cleveland was inaugurated for the second time in March, 1893. As the steady rain fell outside his window ‘today, Rea recalled the slush and snow that ~marred the Twelfth Inaugural Today on Hill Sees “1 remember that occasion dis- tinctly,” he said, “because we had been up throughout the previous night trying to get through the last of the annual appropriation bills before the session would end at noon on March | 4. We got them through in time.” After 16 years with the House com- mittee Rea became clerk to the cor- responding committee for the Senate, and he still holds that position. Delv- ing into the numerous items that make up the various appropriation bills each year, he has become one of the best informed men in the Gov- emment on the tunctlanl of the dif- Taft indugural in- 1909, making it necessary to sdminister presiden- | close to their coaches. °| days,” West Point cadets enjoying breakfast in a dining car at Delaware avenue and I street southwest shortly after their ar- rival this morning. —Star Staff Photo. ITH nothing scheduled un- |that they wore heavy overcoats on the til noon, 1,500 Cadets from the Military Academy at | West Point — oractically | | the entire corps—spent most of the | morning figuring out how to use the $2 which Uncle Sam allowed each of | them for his inaugural day visit to Washington. ‘ The corps arrived at the New Jer- | sey avenue freight yards of the Penn- sylvania Railroad about 6 a.m., with their commander, Lieut. Col. Dennis McCuniff. Some of them were out viewing the city and meeting friends, but the majority were sticking ymtyl The train is in four sections. After marching in the inaugural parade, this afternoon, the cadets will be free until 10:45 o'clock tonight, when they will leave for West Point. As one cadet expressed it: “I guess most of the boys will drag this evening.” In the cadet lingo, to drag means | a date with a girl. Although they did not think much of the rain, which greeted them, most of the West Pointers were philosoph- | ical about it. saying they experienced this sort of weather on two foot ball trips this Fall and were pretty used to it. They were permitted to bring their rain coats this time, however, |said & third classman, pointing out | rade foot ball trips. Every member of the corps is here except the few who were in the Acad- emy hospital. Even those in confine- ment were brought along. The Cadets will not have to use their $2 for meals, at any rate, hav- ing had breakfast on the trai~ and having luncheon also scheduled there. Have “Box Luncheon.” The luncheon which the cadets ate in their train coaches was a “box" affair consisting of turkey and ham sandwiches, a hard-boiled egg, celery, olives, pickles, apple, cake, ice cream | and coffee. The box luncheon was de- cided on because it would take too | long to feed the corps in the diners. The West Pointers were to march to the formation area at South Capitol and B streets in columns of squads— four abreast. There they form a col- umn of platoons and march in the pa- in that formation. They wearing overcoats over their dress | coats. ‘The corps includes a 90-piece band. The few cadets who were brought along despite the fact they were in confinement still will be “‘on restricted limits” when they return tn the Acad- | emy, according to Col. O. Bradley, training officer. Conflmmmr means the loss of certain privileges for a specmed period. Architect Delivered Messages To Cleveland 50 Years Ag | Thomas Medford Wn.s President’s Special Aide at Inauguration. Pifty-two years ago come March 4. Thomas Medford, 1010 Urell place northeast, darted up and down Penn- sylvania avenue, delivering messages | to Grover Cleveland, Who was about to be inaugurated as the country's twenty-second President. | Today Medford is 64 and an archi- | tect of some prominence. But the‘ memory of his work in helping Cleve- | land’s first entrance into the White House in 1885 still gives him a thrill. | “Telephones were little used in those Medford said. “Information about the line of march was trans- mitted by telegraph, and two days before the inaugural the Western Union appointed four messengers to carry this information to the proper persons. “I carried the messages addressed to Cleveland. We had a spot in front of the old Department of Justice Building, at Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, where the Riggs Bank is now. There was a telegrapher and a mounted officer to clear a path for me whenever I had a message to deliver. Thanked by Cleveland. “The last message of the d.y for Mr. Cleveland was word from Gen. Nelson Miles, who was the chief mar- shal of the day, that the parade had left the Capitol. I rushed it to the President, who thanked me.” Four years earlier Medford, then 10, had a good view of Garfisld’s in- augural parade from the front of Harvey's Restaurant, which then was (1] are | PAGE B—1 WO NOLAN MOTOR EXECUTIVES TAKEN ON $30.000 CHARGE J. F. Gallagher and B. D. Jen- kins Arrested on Leaving Creditors’ Meeting. MAKE $5,000 BOND; NOLAN ALSO ACCUSED Disposal of Duplicate Conditional Bills of Sale Claimed by Assist- ant U. S. Attorney. Charged along with William J. No- lan, head of the bankrupt Nolan Motor Co., with conspiring to obtain $30,000 by false pretenses from the Universal Credit Co., two officials of the insolvent firm were arrested late yesterday and today were at liberty under $5,000 | bail each. They are James F. Gallagher, sec- retary, and Benjamin D. Jenkins, office manager. Both were taken into custody by Deputy Marshals Thomas E. Ott and Harry C. Allen as they left & creditors’ meeting held by the referee in bankruptcy in the offices of the Nolan Co,, 1111 Eighteenth street. Service of the warrants were pur- posely delayed until the men had an opportunity to testify concerning the | tangled affairs of the motor sales firm. The deputy marshals waited patiently outside the meeting room for about two hours, and quietly arrested the | pair as they emerged. Nolan Serving Term. Nolan, meanwhile, is serving a sen- tence of from four months to a year and a day after conviction a month ago of bribing two witnesses in a di- vorce suit brought by his wife, Mrs. Alice M. Nolan. The warrants against the trio were issued by United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage at the request of a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent. The papers charge that Nolan | and his two employes conspired oe- | tween December 1, 1935, and Novem- | ber 1, 1936. to obtain the $30,000. Acting United States Attorney John J. Wilson, who is handling the case. said the sum represents the sale of 45 duplicate conditional bills of sale on automobiles to the credit company | after the originals had been sold to the Munsey Trust Co. | He indicated that he probably will | present the matter to the grand jury | next week and will ask for a false pretense indictment rather than a true | bill charging conspiracy. Both of Accused Fingerprinted. Both Gallagher and Jenkins were | taken to police headquarters following | their arrest and were fingerprinted | and photographed. Subsequently they made bond. Gallagher lives at 3145 Mount Pleasant street and Jenkins at | 2809 Thirty-fifth street. Both are | married. | 'Nolan and Francis M. Kearney, formerly manager of the Connecti- cut avenue branch of the motor | agency, were accused some time ago | of bribing two colored witnesses in Mrs. Nolan's divorce suit to go to | Columbia. 8. C.. so that they would | not be available for the trial. The wife ultimately was awarded a di- vorce. Nolan was found guilty by & jury. Kearnes‘. who was the principal Gov- emmem witness during the bribery trial, pleaded nolo contendere and was placed on probauon ‘MORE GOLD SHIPPED ‘i TO MIDWEST VAULT :Senntor Glass Calls Transfer of Metal “Idiotic"—Total Will Be $4,000,000,000. BY the Assoctated Press. The Government shipped more gold bullion from the Atlantic seaboard toward its Kentucky stronghold yes- terday. 5 Rolling out of New York City went | | | | | $120,000,000 of gold. Treasury offi- THOMAS MEDFORD. at Eleventh street and Pennsylvania avenue. Harvey’s was lit up at night with brilliant signs for the occasion. But the illumination was candlelight and not electricity, and it was Medford's job to keep the candles burning brightly. As a reward he had a point of vantage when the parade went by. She Remembers Buchanan. Word ef another Washingtonian whose inagural watching began long ago came to The Star today from Margaret Murray of 211 A street northeast. She wrote: “My great grandmother, who will be 92 years old the 27th day of Feb- ruary, remembers as far back as Pres- ident Buchanan. She knows all about the Civil War. Her name is Mrs. Elizabeth Dietz, 228 Eleventh street southeast.” EX-SENATOR DILL WINS MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL Niece by Marriage Had Been Awarded $5,000 in Alienation of Affections Suit. By the Associated Press. MOUNT VERNON, Ohio, January 20.—Former United States Senator Clarence C. Dill of Washington won & new trial yesterday of the alienation of affections suit in which Margie Heaton Dill, the former Senator's niece by marriage, gained & Common Pleas Court jury verdict for §5,000. Common Pleas Judge Philip L. Wil- kins sustained !&hfll comment the motion for a new trial. At the same time he overruled a similar motion in behalf of Mrs. Grace Dill, Margie Heaton Dill's mother-in-law, and entered a $5,000 judgment against her. Margie Heaton Dill, 21, charged the former Washington Senator and her mother-in-law, a resident of Fred- erickstown, Ohio, conspired to break up her marriage to Wendell Dill. Their high school romance culminated in an elopement to Wheeling, W. Va. asked $25,000 damages. L. C. Stillwell, attorney for the | Dills, said he probably would appeal the ruling on Mr. Dill's motion for s new trial. His new trial motion contended the jury of eight men and four women. who split, 9 to 3, in in the $5000 verdict, was lm:m,‘ She | | cials termed the shipment another of the “driblet” lots which finally will | pile up into a $4,000,000,000 hoard in the Fort Knox depository. ! The Treasury's aim is to safeguard | the metal against any invasion which the future might bring, but Senator Glass, Democrat, of West Virginia, | declared the gold movement was an “idiotie transaction.” To date, two shipments have been made, the one from New York and & $200,000,000 transfer last week from Philadelphia. Officials said present plans call for two or three shipments a week, with the aggregate transfer extonding over some months. C. OF C. FOR MANY ROOSEVELT PLANS Sibley Statement on Reorganiza- tion Says Efficiency and Econ- omy Are Needs. BY the Associated Press. Harper Sibley, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, said last night that many of President Roosevelt's Government re- organization proposals are in line with policies of the chamber. In a prepared statement, Sibley added “the chamber agrees both with the President, who stresses efficiency, and with Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia, who wants economy as well.” Byrd is chairman of a special Senate committee on reorganization. Sibley did not approve all Mr. Roosevelt's proposals. In the past, he said, the chamber membership has indicated it believes any reorganiza- tion should be carried out within the existing governmental departments. Mr. Roosevelt's reorganization plan calls for new departments of public works and social welfare. Sibley listed the Federal Reserve Board, the Board of Tax Appeals and the Federal Trade Commission as agencies which should maintain in- dependence in exercising judicial or quasi-judicial functions. L]